Taichu

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Taichu was an era name used during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Western Han dynasty in ancient China, marking a significant period of political centralization and cultural development.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Taichu canonical 4
Taichu calendar 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese era name ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
associatedPhilosophy Confucianism ⓘ
Han cosmology ⓘ
associatedWith Confucian state ideology ⓘ
linked to: Confucianism

calendar reform of Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
political centralization in Western Han ⓘ
state cult reforms ⓘ
belongsToPeriod 2nd century BC ⓘ
calendarReform Taichu calendar ⓘ
linked to: Taichu
capitalDuring Chang’an ⓘ
linked to: Chang'an
chronologicalPosition mid Western Han period ⓘ
chronologyNote began in the third decade of Emperor Wu’s reign ⓘ
country China ⓘ
dynasty Western Han dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Western Han period
endYear 101 BC ⓘ
eraNameOf Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
eraNumberInReign fifth era of Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
eraSystem sexagenary cycle-based calendar ⓘ
followedBy Tianhan ⓘ
follows Yuanshou ⓘ
governmentTypeDuring monarchy ⓘ
historicalSignificance benchmark for later Han calendrical systems ⓘ
symbol of cosmological legitimation of imperial rule ⓘ
language Classical Chinese ⓘ
linkedReforms codification of ritual norms ⓘ
reorganization of state sacrifices ⓘ
standardization of the calendar ⓘ
literalMeaning Great Beginning ⓘ
notableFor development of state-sponsored Confucianism ⓘ
standardization of rituals and sacrifices ⓘ
strengthening of central authority ⓘ
partOf Chinese imperial era system ⓘ
precededBy Yuanshou ⓘ
preImperialContext post-Qin unification period ⓘ
recordedIn Book of Han ⓘ
Records of the Grand Historian ⓘ
region Han Empire ⓘ
linked to: Empire of Han
rulingHouse Liu family of Han ⓘ
linked to: Liu family
startYear 104 BC ⓘ
timeSpan 4 years ⓘ
transliteration 太初 ⓘ
usedBy Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
usedDuring reign of Emperor Wu of Han ⓘ
usedFor dating historical events ⓘ
dating official documents ⓘ
usedIn Chinese historical records ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emperor Wu of Han → eraName → Taichu ⓘ
Emperor Wu of Han → eraName → Taichu ⓘ
subject linked to: Shizong
Taichu → calendarReform → Taichu calendar ⓘ
linked to: Taichu
Tianhan → precedes → Taichu ⓘ
Zhenghe → precedes → Taichu ⓘ